"World" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 shì jiè world / CL:個|个[ge4]
 quán qiú entire / total / global / the (whole) world / worldwide
 tiān dì heaven and earth / world / scope / field of activity
 shì jiè shàng (of the) world
 shì jiān world / earth
 rén shì the world / this world / the world of the living
 wǔ zhōu five continents / the world
 tiān xià land under heaven / the whole world / the whole of China / realm / rule
 Jiāng hú rivers and lakes / all corners of the country / remote areas to which hermits retreat / section of society operating independently of mainstream society, out of reach of the law / the milieu in which wuxia tales play out (cf. 武俠|武侠[wu3 xia2]) / (in late imperial times) world of traveling merchants, itinerant doctors, fortune tellers etc / demimonde / (in modern times) triads / secret gangster societies / underworld
 rén jiān the human world / the earth
 Shì jiè bēi World Cup
 rén shì personnel / human resources / human affairs / ways of the world / (euphemism) sexuality / the facts of life
 shāng chǎng shopping mall / shopping center / department store / emporium / CL:家[jia1] / the business world
 quán shì jiè worldwide / entire world
 shí kōng time and place / world of a particular locale and era / (physics) space-time
 huán qiú around the world / worldwide
 tiān yá the other end of the world / a faraway place
 wài jiè the outside world / external
 Mó shòu Shì jiè World of Warcraft (video game)
 gǎi gé kāi fàng to reform and open to the outside world / refers to Deng Xiaoping's policies from around 1980
 shì rén people (in general) / people around the world / everyone
 xià fāng underneath / below / the underside / world of mortals / to descend to the world of mortals (of gods)
 shì jiè gè dì all over the world / everywhere / in all parts of the world
 hóng chén the world of mortals (Buddhism) / human society / worldly affairs
 Shì mào World Trade Organization (WTO) / abbr. for 世界貿易組織|世界贸易组织
 Er4 zhàn World War II
 dǐng jiān peak / apex / world best / number one / finest (competitors) / top (figures in a certain field)
 yuè tán music circles / music world
 yī shì generation / period of 30 years / one's whole lifetime / lifelong / age / era / times / the whole world / the First (of numbered European kings)
 luàn shì the world in chaos / troubled times / (in Buddhism) the mortal world
 shì jiè dà zhàn world war
 shì jiè jīng jì global economy / world economy
 shì shì affairs of life / things of the world
 dǒng shì to grow beyond the naivete of childhood / to be aware of what is going on in the world / (esp. of a child) sensible / thoughtful / intelligent
 tǐ tán sporting circles / the world of sport
 shì jiè dì yī ranked number one in the world / the world's first
 zì rán jiè nature / the natural world
 shì jiè guān worldview / world outlook / Weltanschauung
 shāng jiè business world / business community
 zú tán soccer circles / soccer world
 rén shì jiān the secular world
 shì jǐn sài world championship
 chén shì this mortal life / the mundane world
 tiān cháng dì jiǔ enduring while the world lasts (idiom) / eternal
 hǎi kuò tiān kōng wide sea and sky (idiom) / boundless open vistas / the whole wide world / chatting about everything under the sun
 shì jiè mào yì world trade / global trade
 xiān jiè world of the immortals / fairyland / cloud nine
 míng jiè ghost world
 yǐng tán moviedom / the world of movies / film circles
 Dì èr Cì Shì jiè Dà zhàn World War II
 shì dào the ways of the world / the morals of the time
 shì jiè jì lù world record
 nèi xīn shì jiè (one's) inner world
 chuǎng dàng to leave home to make one's way in the world / to leave the life one knows to seek success
 fán jiān the secular world
 shì miàn the marketplace (i.e. the world of business and commerce)
 xué jiè academic world / academic circles / academia
 Shì jiè Wèi shēng Zǔ zhī World Health Organization (WHO)
 xià fán to descend to the world (of immortals)
 Shì jiè Yín háng World Bank
 shì jiè hé píng world peace
 bù kě yī shì to consider oneself unexcelled in the world / to be insufferably arrogant
 Shì bó huì World Exposition / abbr. for 世界博覽會|世界博览会[Shi4 jie4 Bo2 lan3 hui4], World Expo
 Shì jiè Mào yì Zǔ zhī World Trade Organization (WTO)
 jīn róng jiè banking circles / the world of finance
 shì jiè zhī míng world famous
 shì miàn the wider world / diverse aspects of society
 jǔ shì throughout the world / world ranking (e.g. first)
 xīn dà lù the New World / the Americas as opposed to the Old World 舊大陸|旧大陆[jiu4 da4 lu4] or Eurasia
 jiào yù jiè academic world / academic circles / academia
 shì zūn World Honored One / Revered One of the World (Buddha)
 huán yóu to travel around (the world, a country etc)
 bīng tiān xuě dì a world of ice and snow
 tiān rǎng zhī bié lit. as different as sky and earth (idiom) / fig. night and day difference / opposite extremes / a world of difference / a far cry from
 wén yuàn the literary world
 kàn pò to see through / disillusioned with / to reject (the world of mortals)
 dà qiān shì jiè great wide world / marvelously diverse world / (Buddhism) cosmos (abbr. for 三千大千世界[san1 qian1 da4 qian1 shi4 jie4])
 shì gù the ways of the world
 yī míng jīng rén to amaze the world with a single brilliant feat (idiom) / an overnight celebrity
 yīn jiān the nether world / Hades / (neologism) (slang) disturbing / unsettling / awful / detestable
 Shì wèi World Health Organization (WHO) / abbr. for 世界衛生組織|世界卫生组织[Shi4 jie4 Wei4 sheng1 Zu3 zhi1]
 Shì bó abbr. for 世界博覽會|世界博览会[Shi4 jie4 Bo2 lan3 hui4], World Expo
 sú shì the vulgar world (Buddhist concept) / secular world
 dì sān shì jiè Third World
 dǎ tiān xià to seize power / to conquer the world / to establish and expand a business / to carve out a career for oneself
 tiān xuán dì zhuàn the sky spins, the earth goes round (idiom) / giddy with one's head spinning / fig. huge changes in the world
 Dì yī cì Shì jiè Dà zhàn World War One
 shì qíng worldly affairs / the ways of the world
 Shì háng World Bank / abbr. for 世界銀行|世界银行[Shi4 jie4 Yin2 hang2]
 Nà ní yà Narnia, children's fantasy world in stories by C.S. Lewis
 cāng hǎi sāng tián lit. the blue sea turned into mulberry fields (idiom) / fig. the transformations of the world
 diàn yǐng jiè moviedom / the world of movies / film circles
 chì zhà fēng yún lit. to rebuke Heaven and Earth (idiom) / fig. shaking the whole world / all-powerful
 hǎi nèi the whole world / throughout the land / everything under the sun
 fā jì to make one's mark / to go up in the world / to make one's fortune
 Shì jiè Wén huà Yí chǎn (UNESCO) World Cultural Heritage
 wài jiān outer room / the external world / outside
 jǔ shì wú shuāng unrivaled (idiom) / world number one / unique / unequaled
 lǎo jiāng hú a much-travelled person, well acquainted with the ways of the world
 kē xué jiè world of science / scientific circles
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